Heald Wood - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
53.80505, -2.24413
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 365m away — 4 car parks within reach
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 365m away — 4 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Named cycling route nearby: Pennine Cycleway
Varies
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 signed routes nearby · 17 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Mary Towneley LoopWalking route▾
Forms part of Pennine Bridleway National Trail
Named routeRegional walking route
Bronte WayWalking route71 km▾
Named routeLength 71 kmRegional walking route
Pendle WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Burnley WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef BuWRegional walking route
Brun Valley GreenwayWalking route▾
Lower Manor Lanepublic footpath · 136 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 136 mPath type: residential
Lower Manor Lanepublic footpath · 5 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 5 mPath type: residential
Marina Viewpublic footpath · 158 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 158 mPath type: residential
68 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Pennine CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 68National Cycle Network
Lancashire Cycleway (Southern Loop)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 91Regional cycle route
Route 604Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 604National Cycle Network
Route 68Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 68National Cycle Network
Route 685Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 685National Cycle Network
Sweet Clough GreenwayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
11 public paths nearby
Public paths
Heald Roadbridleway · 37 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 37 mPath type: residential
New Hall Streetbridleway · 48 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 48 mPath type: residential
Heald Roadbridleway · 32 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 32 mPath type: residential
Heald Roadbridleway · 23 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 23 mPath type: residential
New Hall Streetbridleway · 18 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 18 mPath type: track
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Wildlife to spot
14,905 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
14,905 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds48 species
winterspring
2025▾
Peregrine · Little Ringed Plover · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Dunnock +43
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Great TitParus major
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
- Caspian GullLarus cachinnans
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- HobbyFalco subbuteo
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Common GullLarus canus
- CootFulica atra
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Harlequin Ladybird · Common Darter · Southern Hawker · Emerald Damselfly · Hornet Hoverfly +16
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025
- Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa2025
- Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025
- Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum
🌿Plants15 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Cornflower · Ribwort Plantain · Pot Marigold · Nipplewort · Red Clover +10
- CornflowerCentaurea cyanus
- Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
- Pot MarigoldCalendula officinalis
- NipplewortLapsana communis
- Red CloverTrifolium pratense
- Greater PlantainPlantago major
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
14,905 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds48 species
winterspring
2025▾
Peregrine · Little Ringed Plover · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Dunnock +43
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Great TitParus major
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
- Caspian GullLarus cachinnans
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- HobbyFalco subbuteo
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Common GullLarus canus
- CootFulica atra
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Harlequin Ladybird · Common Darter · Southern Hawker · Emerald Damselfly · Hornet Hoverfly +16
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025
- Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa2025
- Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025
- Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum
🌿Plants15 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Cornflower · Ribwort Plantain · Pot Marigold · Nipplewort · Red Clover +10
- CornflowerCentaurea cyanus
- Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
- Pot MarigoldCalendula officinalis
- NipplewortLapsana communis
- Red CloverTrifolium pratense
- Greater PlantainPlantago major
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestrisBuff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestrisPhaonia subventaPhaonia subventaPhaonia subventaPhaonia subventaBlack DarterSympetrum danae2025Black DarterSympetrum danae2025Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2025Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2025Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2025Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2025Helophilus hybridusHelophilus hybridus2025Helophilus hybridusHelophilus hybridus2025Gypsy Cuckoo BeeBombus bohemicus2025Gypsy Cuckoo BeeBombus bohemicus2025Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2025Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2025Dark Giant HorseflyTabanus sudeticus2025Dark Giant HorseflyTabanus sudeticus2025Small Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma viridulum2025Small Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma viridulum2025Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2025Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa20252-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata20252-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2025SyrphusSyrphus2025SyrphusSyrphus2025Green DrakeEphemera danica2025Green DrakeEphemera danica2025Perlodes mortoniPerlodes mortoni2025Perlodes mortoniPerlodes mortoni2025Lesser Trefoil
Lesser Trefoil
Trifolium dubium
Trifolium dubium
FoxgloveDigitalis purpureaFoxgloveDigitalis purpureaCommon PoppyPapaver rhoeasCommon PoppyPapaver rhoeasCommon CentauryCentaurium erythraeaCommon CentauryCentaurium erythraeaColumbineAquilegia vulgarisColumbineAquilegia vulgarisCreeping ThistleCirsium arvenseCreeping ThistleCirsium arvensePyramidal OrchidAnacamptis pyramidalisPyramidal OrchidAnacamptis pyramidalisLawson CypressCupressus lawsonianaLawson CypressCupressus lawsonianaBayLaurus nobilisBayLaurus nobilisEvents & activities nearby
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